That page might be a little outdated, isn't it? Is there somebody actually sending these data? Is there somebody adding them to the FG DB directly? Do we need to depend entirely on X-plane for this? I mean, these are simple text files, they don't require building for months like the scenery does. How often do we update from X-plane? I have a feeling the DB is terribly outdated.

elgaton wrote in Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:51 pm:X-Plane's waypoint database is outdated (I have privately mailed the X-Plane Gateway moderators and asked them if they wanted to expand the Gateway in the future to accept waypoint/navaid updates - they have no plans to do so at this time, so any update must still be e-mailed to Robin Peel, and it takes a long time for them to be imported to FlightGear), while procedures might change every month and require an up-to-date waypoint database;

Do you happen to know when we last updated from X-plane and whether the X-plane DB has been significantly updated since? Can we take the updates from them at any time?Can we update the FG DB directly or would that create problems with future updates from XP? Say, if I added 100 waypoints to my local file, could it be included in the next FG version?

simbambim wrote in Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:41 am:Do you happen to know when we last updated from X-plane and whether the X-plane DB has been significantly updated since? Can we take the updates from them at any time?

The nav.dat currently in FGData is the October 2013 build (the latest one offered on data.x-plane.com). I haven't downloaded the X-Plane demo to check if a newer version is offered there, but I think we could take the updates from them (the files usually carry a GPLv2 header).

simbambim wrote in Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:41 am:Can we update the FG DB directly or would that create problems with future updates from XP? Say, if I added 100 waypoints to my local file, could it be included in the next FG version?

I think that would create problems with future X-Plane updates, so it would be better to send waypoint updates to Robin Peel via e-mail.

Here are 500+ new fixes for fix.dat.gz (I can also upload the whole file somewhere). Included are complete SIDs/STARs for EPKK, LTBA, OEJN, OMDB, OMAA, LOWW, as well as en-route waypoints. I've already e-mailed this to X-plane.

I also got a reply from Robin that fixes/navaids should be submitted to the gateway. Gateway > Report a problem > A Navaid. There's an option to add an attachment. These requests will get forwarded to Robin.